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ALONZO E. lBAILEY AND HORATIO NICHOLS, or, MIDDLEVILLE, NEW YORK. lLetters Pafem'Noi 70,940, ,dated November 19, 18er. I

IMPROV-ED HARNESS-BUGKLE.

To ALL WHOM IT-MAY 4OO'NCERN:

Beit known that we, ALONZO E. BAILEY and Homme NIcHoLs, of Middlevlle,in the county of Herkimer, and State of New York, have 4invented onew'and'improved Tr'ace-Buckle';,a.nd we do hereby declare that the.

following is a full, clear, Vand exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to theeccoinpanying'drnwings, forming part of thisspecification. i

The buckle embraced in the presentinventicn is extremely simple in itsconstruction and arrangernent, and in use most eiicient and prncticnble. )In the accompanying 'plate otudrawings our improved buckleis illustrated#- Figure l being :t pien or top view 'of the seme, and yl I l Figure 2 an edge or side View, the heme and ltrue-straps beingshown in their proper ,positions relatively in both views.' 4 l Similarletters of reference indicetecorresponding parts. A,vin the drawings,represents the' llame, andfB the tug or trate'te-'stropv To the loopedend C ofA the hamestrnp is hung one end of a. bucklc-fromeD, through theother end of which the trace-strep passes to andv under a loop or clasp,E, hung uponthe buckle-frame D. F, stops, one upon'the outsideof each ofthe sidevpieces G to the buchleeframe' D, which stops serve-esa. `limitto the forward .inovement of the loop or clasp E upon thebuckle-frenteD;v The trece-strap is enlairgedfor increased inthicknessatHfamd by such increase its thickness enables it' to become wedged by theloop or clnspE when in a position against the stops F, but does notinterfere with the movement of thetrace-strap through the buckle tolengthen or shorten it when the said' loop or clasp is at the positionrepresentedin the drawings; I V

We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thetrace-buckle, constructed .as described, consisting of the frame D, withcurved forward end, 'and provided on each' Side with stop F, ,whichservesas a limit tothe forward movement of the sliding-clasp E,embracing the frame, as herein -set forth for the purpose specied.

2f lufcombination with `the above, we claim the trace-strap B, whenprovidcdwith the enlarged part H,-

secured to the frame lD means of the slide E, substantially as describedfor thepurpose specified.

-The above specification of our invention signed by us this rst day ofMa-y, 1867.

' ALONZO E. BAILEY, HORATIO NICHOLS.

Witnesses W. W. MOSHER, C. F. EARL.

